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New doctoral dissertation

October 3, 2025

VILNIUS TECH Library invites you to follow the published new dissertations. The dissertation „Sustainable development of the FinTech industry“ prepared at VILNIUS TECH by Gintarė Pauliukevičienė. The dissertation was prepared in 2021–2025. Scientific consultant – Prof. Dr Jelena Stankevičienė.

The dissertation was defended at the public meeting of the Dissertation Defence Council of the Scientific Field of Economics in the Aula Doctoralis Meeting Hall of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University at 10:00 a.m. on 3 October 2025.

The development of the FinTech industry plays a crucial role in facilitating financial inclusion and achieving a substantial proportion of the Sustainable Development Goals, thereby making a significant contribution to sustainable economic development. It is essential to acknowledge that sustainable economic growth relies on the sustainable advancement of all economic sectors and industries, including FinTech. To significantly enhance global financial inclusion and sustainable economic development, it is imperative to establish the sustainable growth of the FinTech industry, which is currently undefined. The challenge of evaluating the sustainability of the FinTech industry development at the national level remains unaddressed. The fundamental issue addressed in the dissertation pertains to the ambiguity surrounding the sustainable development of the FinTech industry, as well as the notable deficiency of evaluations regarding its sustainability in academic literature and practical applications. The dissertation aims to delineate the sustainable development of the FinTech industry at the state level and propose a methodology for assessing its sustainability, thereby identifying areas for enhancement and ensuring the continuous growth of sustainable development within the FinTech sector. By accomplishing these objectives, the dissertation seeks to enhance digital financial inclusion and promote sustainable economic development. The dissertation comprises an introduction, three chapters, and general conclusions. The First Chapter seeks to elucidate and define sustainable de-velopment within the FinTech industry by presenting an overview of the industry and analysing its growth, examining the environmental context of FinTech and the factors propelling its expansion, exploring the connections between the FinTech environment and sustainable development, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and reviewing assessment methodologies for sustainable development in the academic literature. The Second Chapter outlines the methodology for evaluating the sustainable development of the FinTech industry, explains the specific methods employed, and presents the data and sources used for the empirical analysis. The Third Chapter presents the findings from the empirical validation of the methodology used to assess the sustainable development of the FinTech industry across 15 selected European nations. The dissertation finishes with a series of general conclusions. Three publications have been released in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and two publications have been presented in conference proceedings on the subject of the research.

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